Bought a new diesel truck!

[JsJs24]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

Diesels are pretty dayum impressive. I've never owned a diesel vehicle, but after working on diesel locomotives for the last 22 years I've earned a lot of respect for the engineering and efficency that goes into them. And turbos are icing on the cake. lol

If you ever take that leap you'll most likely never want a gas engine truck again. Or at least that's what happened to me. There's something indescribable about the feeling of 610 ft lbs of torque under your foot at 1400 rpm. And the whistle from the turbo driving down the road sounds great. I just wish this one was louder like my Ford 6.0 liter was. I love the sound of a diesel chatter. This Cummins has the chatter sound but it isn't near as loud as the Ford 6.0. Of course, now they all sound like crap, well, they actually don't sound like anything because they are so darn quiet. I will never own newer than a 2007 F-250 in Ford and 2004 for Dodge if I should ever buy another one. I'll keep this baby for a little while though, she drives great and sounds okay. I'll see how it sounds with a bigger exhaust, maybe straight pipe it. But I guess I contradicted myself saying I would never go back to gas because several years down the road when these older diesels are too out of style I will have no choice considering I despise the sound of the new environmentally regulated diesels. I don't have to have the power, I just prefer it, but when it sounds like a gas engine I will save the money and go back to gas.

[daved150]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

yea....their all gonna get quieter too, lol. my son works ay the GM proving grounds. he's part of the research and developement team for deisels...hes working on the 2013-14 duramax. he said they are going to get quiter....

[trip]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

Congrats on the new ride Js!
I am a Blue Oval man as well, but, always heard good things about the Cummins.

trip's post does remind me of a problem that came out of several Dodge trucks that were on a project I worked on. The front ends would fall apart. When I got mine to the service dept in Kentucky. The tech was amazed I made it from Atlanta to Kentucky because the ball joints, literally, fell apart on the ground. My next one started falling apart before 40K. None of them were diesels though. They were pre-'05 models too.

I have never had any issues with the front end on a Ford. Nor even heard of a front-end issue with Ford trucks. Doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Which decade/model was that, trip?

it was a 2001, i had looked at buying a dodge truck for 10 years because i do love the look and the ride itself is good, and every time it was the same way on all different series, since i tend to keep my stuff a long long time, and the market is so deep u can find steals, except ala the problem

buying a used ford truck in our area is a pain in the ass, on one side folks who beat em too piss, and the other real work trucks, and the good ones have been tricked out too where if u don't like it exactly it sucks, cause they all price em high high high

[O2BESOHUGE]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

MAN DIESEL IS GETTING WAY TOO EXPENSIVE TOO! CONGRATS!

[daved150]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

it was a 2001, i had looked at buying a dodge truck for 10 years because i do love the look and the ride itself is good, and every time it was the same way on all different series, since i tend to keep my stuff a long long time, and the market is so deep u can find steals, except ala the problem

buying a used ford truck in our area is a pain in the ass, on one side folks who beat em too piss, and the other real work trucks, and the good ones have been tricked out too where if u don't like it exactly it sucks, cause they all price em high high high

holy crap i'm as confused as hell!!! was it a ford or a dodge truck that you found sucked?? your killing me!!! lol

[jamescb77]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

check out this site cumminsperformanceparts.com Jamie is a great guy and the only person that i deal with anymore when i buy parts. this guy will bend over backwards to make you happy. He sells more than just what is on his site also. get an exaust and a smarty and i think you will have a whole new smile on your face. PLease don't mess with anything but the smarty on your truck, unless you wait for EFIlive.

[trip]

Re: Bought a new diesel truck!

a dodge, dave, like the slt-1500 xtended cab, i've looked at the hemi's, the bees, the texas lonestar, ladedahdedah

fords are very desireable in texas, huge work truck, in both city and country, so it's and either or market, beat up or a beauty

hell, i'm like most guys, always looking, lol